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In the Upper Basilica, reopened in 2000 after intense round-the-clock restoration, Cimabue’s works in the apse and left transept have turned black, looking like photo negatives because of the oxidized white lead in his paints, yet you can still feel the intensity of the crowd’s anguish in his Crucifixion, blessedly untouched by the earthquake’s damaging force.
In the apse there’s a moving mosaic of the Madonna above a frieze of the 12 Apostles.
The mosaics of the dome and apse depict Christ Pantocrator with the Evangelists and Jesus blessing Peter and Paul; together with those of Ravenna, they are Italy’s finest.
The Roman basilica’s long colonnaded nave leading to an apse gave way to the Greek cross with a central space surrounded by arches and topped by a dome.
In the apse beyond, the Baroque master gives full vent to his exuberance with his bronze and marble Cathedra of St. Peter, throne of the Apostle’s successors.